Picking up the needles again…

… and I’m feeling some of my sanity restored. Its been six weeks. Six weeks of my crafter hiatus. And I finally picked up the needles last week. Because even though I’m exhausted and still can’t figure out how to breastfeed and knit simultaneously, when you see a project this cute, you sort of just have to make it.

So I did.

Admittedly, it took me two attempts to knit the crown of the hat to get the length right (man, I sure felt out of practice) but once I did and then slapped on some ears and antlers, I was loving the finished project.

Now, if only Q didn’t scream bloody murder every time I try to wiggle this hat on her head.

The Modifications: I knit the hat to 3.5″ before starting the decrease. I also knit the antlers separately and then sewed them on once completed. I felt this was easier than wrestling trying to knit teeny tiny antlers while having the rest of the hat attached. Especially since most of this hat was knit while trying to simultaneously wrestle a tiny baby to sleep in my arms.

3 Responses to Picking up the needles again…

Just in time for Christmas! Such a cute hat. But overshadowed by a gorgeous baby girl! Her facial expression in the second photo kills me! I can feel her pain.

I started crocheting just last week and am hooked! At first, I thought you crochet as well so I checked out your baby hats page and was so disappointed to see the free patterns were for knitters! But I’ve bought a ton of patterns and put my sewing on hold (:

That’s how I feel about knitting! I just managed to learn all the basic stitches and can’t bring myself to start a new craft. Though I have heard of a knitting/crochet hybrid.. where you use one knitting needle and one crochet hook. Sounded pretty cool to me.

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Hi, I’m Alexis. Welcome to Spools & Skeins! I’ve created this blog as a space to share my love of all things homemade. I’m a newly married, recently unemployed knitter/sewer/amateur photographer with a wee babe and a ridiculous stash of yarn and fabric - and a camera permanently fixed to my hip documenting it all...